IMPORT-FERM(1)

🎀 import-ferm 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the IMPORT-FERM(1) manual page — aka the “FIREWALL RULES MADE EASY” one. We’re about to make your existing firewall rules cute enough to live in ferm. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

import-ferm — import existing firewall rules into ferm 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

import-ferm > ferm.conf

iptables-save | import-ferm > ferm.conf

import-ferm inputfile > ferm.conf

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This script helps you with porting an existing IPv4 firewall configuration to ferm. It reads a file generated with iptables-save, and tries to suggest a ferm configuration file. No cap, it’s literally giving “translation era.” ✨

If no input file was specified on the command line, import-ferm runs iptables-save. Easy. 🧚

💀 BUGS 💀

iptables-save older than 1.3 is unable to write valid saves — this is not a bug in import-ferm. Like, don’t come for her, she’s doing her best. 😭

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mwah 💋 this gem is from ferm 2.7, dated 2023-01-31, and it’s the IMPORT-FERM(1) manual page — periodt. 👑